Poet Jeton Kelmendi

I've spoken rather
Differently
Too triumphantly
Miss
I hope
You take no offence
They are after all
Merely a poet's words
And you know that it's permissable
To strip the dressed thoughts
Stark naked
And the bare ones
To dress with suits I fancy
Or
Has it been just as well for you
That I simply tell you I love you
The words everybody tells
To anybody
As a husband to his own wife,
Miss
I beg to differ


Well
Thought is no good without the word
Or the word
Means nothing if mind is not engaged
You are such a dear,
You are Miss Word
And I Mr. Thought
This is how I've always seen it
Myself with you and yourself with me
Even
This love formula
Anywhere
If at all it survived
Modernity

So Miss Word, you are attractive
When Mr. Thought
Lends you his charm


Come on
Let's make up 'cause
Silence
Is anxiously watching
What's gonna happen with us

Anyway
Miss Word
I feel like giving you a kiss
Only one
As I'm not sure how
A second or third may come
Let freedom live unfettered

Let the word
The mind
Speak whatever
They want

I now want
The first kiss

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Jeton Kelmendi is a Kosovar poet. The literary critics have valued his verse for its clear, powerful, and artistically accomplished message. His language is very distinct: naturally conveyed to the reader in a pleasant and appealing way. Jeton Kelmendi was born in Peja, Kosova, in 1978. He attended school in his hometown, and then studied at the University of Prishtina. He is a war veteran of UÇK (Kosovar Liberation Army) and a correspondent for several Albanian and foreign media. Kelmendi’s poetry has been translated into several languages. His favorite themes include love and the raw reality of the current state of affairs. Kelmendi lives in Brussels, Belgium.